LOL Ok I REALLY don't want to come across as some kind of grammar/spelling expert because i am NOT! But... (and please correct me if i am wrong!)

Where is usually a question or reference to a place. "Where is my chocolate!?" "I can't remember where I put it".

Were is almost always about something that happened in the past. "We were so angry when we found out that somebody had eaten our chocolate".
Yep- and as with THERE, WHERE has the word HERE in it which can be helpful to remember that it is the one for direction

Leesa- Its been a long time since someone asked that